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12101.00 – Human resources and recruitment officers

Human resources and recruitment officers identify and advertise job vacancies, recruit candidates, and assist in the selection and reassignment of employees.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Human resources officer
  • Personnel officer
  • Recruitment specialist
  • Staffing analyst
  • Staffing coordinator

Core competencies

  • Critical Thinking and Decision Making to analyze issues, such as employee disputes or recruitment challenges and develop effective solutions
  • Social Perceptiveness to gauge the needs, concerns and motivations of employees and candidates and to interpret nonverbal cues, emotions and underlying messages during interactions
  • Verbal Ability and Speech Clarity to contact potential applicants to arrange interviews and notify applicants of the results of the selection process
  • Problem Identification and Deductive Reasoning to identify and resolve problems in the recruitment process, such as difficulties in attracting qualified candidates or issues with job descriptions
  • Collaboration to draw on diverse expertise and viewpoints when addressing issues or challenges
  • Knowledge in Human Resources and Labour relations to design and implement effective recruitment strategies, create accurate job descriptions and conduct fair and thorough selection processes

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Identify current and prospective staffing requirements, prepare and post notices and advertisements, and collect and screen applications
  • Advise job applicants on employment requirements and on terms and conditions of employment
  • Review candidate inventories and contact potential applicants to arrange interviews and transfers, redeployment and placement of personnel
  • Recruit graduates of colleges, universities and other educational institutions
  • Coordinate and participate in selection and examination boards to evaluate candidates
  • Notify applicants of results of selection process and prepare job offers
  • Advise managers and employees on staffing policies and procedures
  • Organize and administer staff consultation and grievance procedures
  • Determine eligibility to entitlements, arrange staff training and provide information or services such as employee assistance, counselling and recognition programs
  • May manage and follow up on the opening of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) files
  • May supervise personnel clerks performing filing and record-keeping duties.

Additional information

  • Progression to specialist and management positions is possible with experience.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Human resources managers (10011)
  • Human resources professionals (11200)
  • Personnel clerks (14102)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

1 – Business, finance and administration occupations

TEER

2 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of two or more years; or supervisory occupations

Major group

12 – Administrative and financial supervisors and specialized administrative occupations

Sub-major group

121 – Specialized administrative occupations

Minor group

1210 – Administrative and regulatory occupations

Unit group

12101 – Human resources and recruitment officers

Occupational profile

12101.00 – Human resources and recruitment officers

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